2d Session.

No. 227.

SENATE MANUAL,

CONTAINING THE

STANDING RULES AND ORDERS

OF

THE UNITED STATES SENATE,

THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, DECLARATION

OF INDEPENDENCE, ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION, THE

ORDINANCE OF 1787, JEFFERSON'S MANUAL, ETC.

REVISED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE

SENATE COMMITTEE ON RULES, FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.

EDITION OF FEBRUARY 5, 1903.

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

1903.

RULES OF PROCEDURE AND PRACTICE IN THE SENATE WHEN SITTING

RULES FOR THE REGULATION OF The Senate WING OF THE UNITED

STATES CAPITOL...

299

STANDING ORDERS NOT EMBRACED IN THE RULES, AND RESOLUTIONS

AND SUCH PARTS OF LAWS AS AFFECT THE BUSINESS OF THE

SENATE...

309

SENATORS OF THE UNITED STATES, FROM THE FIRST TO THE FIFTY-

EIGHTH CONGRESS, INCLUSIVE.

429

INDEX TO.......

491

RATIFICATIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION BY THE THIRTEEN ORIGINAL

STATES, THEIR POPULATION AND AREA.

.....

503

STATES ADMITTED INTO THE UNION SINCE THE ADOPTION OF THE

CONSTITUTION, THEIR POPULATION, AREA, AND FORMATION.... 504

THE TERRITORIES: DATE of the ESTABLISHMENT OF A TERRITO-

RIAL GOVERNMENT IN EACH, THE POPULATION, AREA, AND FOR-

MATION.

507

ELECTORAL VOTE FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT FROM

MARCH 4, 1789, TO MARCH 4, 1905...

508

JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT, 1789 TO 1903.

CABINET OFFICERS, 1789 TO 1903..

539

541

GENERAL INDEX.

551

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SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES.

RULE I.

APPOINTMENT OF A SENATOR TO THE CHAIR.*

1. In the absence of the Vice-President, the Senate shall choose a President pro tempore. [Jefferson's Manual, Sec. IX.

2. In the absence of the Vice-President, and pending the election of a President pro tempore, the Secretary of the Senate, or in his absence the Chief Clerk, shall perform the duties of the Chair. [Jefferson's Manual, Sec. IX.

3. The President pro tempore shall have the right to name in open Senate, or, if absent, in writing, a Senator to perform the duties of the Chair; but such substitution shall not extend beyond an adjournment, except by unanimous consent.

[Jefferson's Manual, Sec. IX.

4. In event of the death of the Vice-President, or whenever the powers and duties of the President shall devolve on the Vice-President, the President pro tempore shall have the right to name, in writing, a Senator to perform the duties of the Chair during his absence; and the Senator so named shall have the right to name in open session, or in writing, if absent, a Senator to perform the duties of the Chair, but such substitution shall not extend beyond adjournment, except by unani

mous consent.

[Jefferson's Manual, Sec. IX.

*On motion by Mr. Evarts, the Senate resumed the consideration of the resolution relative to the tenure of office of the President pro tempore; and having been amended on the motion of Mr. Turpie to read as follows: Resolved, That it is competent for the Senate to elect a President pro tempore, who shall hold the office during the pleasure of the Senate until another is elected, and shall execute the duties thereof during all future absences of the Vice-President until the Senate otherwise order.

After debate, the resolution as amended was agreed to.

[Senate Jour., March 12, 1890.

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